75% Of Judges Watch Porn At Work, The Other 25% Lie About It

It's gotta be tough to be a judge in Great Britain, what with the wigs and all, and as anyone knows, sometimes porn is the only way to blow off steam at work. Unfortunately, three judges were recently removed from the bench for watching porn at work, and a fourth resigned not long after. 

According to The Guardian (link below), an investigation was launched—hopefully a bewigged investigation—after allegations of such misconduct surfaced.

The disciplinary inquiry was revealed by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, which found that there had been “inexcusable misuse” of IT accounts.

“Three judges: district judge Timothy Bowles, immigration judge Warren Grant, and deputy district judge and recorder Peter Bullock have been removed from judicial office following an investigation into an allegation that they viewed pornographic material on judicial IT equipment in their offices,” a statement from the JCIO said.

“The lord chancellor [the justice secretary, Chris Grayling] and the lord chief justice [Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd] were satisfied that the material did not include images of children or any other illegal content, but concluded that this was an inexcusable misuse of their judicial IT accounts and wholly unacceptable conduct for a judicial office-holder.

“A fourth judge, recorder Andrew Maw, was also found to have viewed similar inappropriate material via his judicial IT account. The lord chancellor and the lord chief justice would likewise have removed recorder Maw had he not resigned before the conclusion of the disciplinary process.”

I wonder if they get to keep their wigs or if those belong to the courts. Lord knows I wouldn't want to be the guy appointed to replace one of these old coots and have to worry about what had been done in that wig before it was given to me. They were paying these men handsomely, at the very least they could take some of the money they're now saving and spend it on four new wigs. Shit, why not buy new wigs for everyone? New wigs all around!

Via The Guardian